Mosquitoes still pester area

September 20, 2007|By Jackie Burke

About 60 percent of the 32 people in Brown County diagnosed with West Nile virus are Aberdeen residents, said Mark Hoven, parks supervisor. West Nile virus, a virus passed from mosquitoes to humans, can produce encephalitis or meningitis. Symptoms are flu-like and include fever, headache, fatigue, body aches and sometimes swollen lymph glands and/or a rash. West Nile can be fatal. Read more in Friday's American News.